netali thokku

  One of my favorite things to eat is dry fry. And nethali dry fish is easy to cook and delicious to taste. Some people don't like dry fish because of its smell, but nethali dry fish doesn't have that aroma. 

 First step towards nethali thokku is cleaning the dry fish. Use rock salt and a little water in a pot and just rince the fish all the dirt will come out. 

 Cut two large onions and add to the pan with a little hot oil. 

Add some salt, this will help to soften the onions faster. Don't add too much as the fish already has salt in it. 

Then roast a large tomato on the stove to peel the silk. 

 this is the easiest technique. You can also boil it in water for a while and then peel the skin. I like this method as it's not time consuming. 

Since my tomato was large I just cut small pieces straight into the pan with a knife. 

Then it's time to add the dry fish. I prefer to add them at this stage so it has some extra cooking time as my husband likes softer flesh. 

Add the spices. I spoon of chilli powder, half spoon cumin powder and a quarter spoon turmeric powder. 

Lower the flame and let it cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Garnish it with some coriander leaves. I dint have any in my storage so just left it plain. 



Jazzy